The former leader, who has compared himself to Jesus, denies the charges.

The leaders of China at the time denied any illiteracy problems from the start.

And its leaders deny that any area of the firm is becoming dominant.

Their leaders here deny this, but do not rule out asking for such assistance in the future.

Political leaders named in the memo denied any knowledge of a plot.

Their leaders later denied these admissions, and for that were executed.

But Iran's leaders deny interest in developing a nuclear weapon.

The group's parliamentary leaders denied responsibility and pleaded that they were only for legal action.

Republican leaders denied that any agreement had been reached to transfer the immunity vote to the other committee.

"Japanese political leaders could either deny everything or plead ignorance."